Final Flashcards
From your perspective, what is PLP’s approach to leadership and what influence, if any, has it had on you?
½ credit for reference the Social Change Model or referencing leadership as a process vs. traits or inherent leadership
½ credit for talking about your own leadership process/style. Where you’re at now.
List three (3) of Nash’s “10 Steps to Ethical Decision Making” and discuss how they relate to a personal example in your life.
Morals or values associated with this decision?
Conflicts in the situation?
Who does it affect?
Consequences which might result?
Other options available?
Important background beliefs to consider?
Initial reaction?
How would “good character” act?
What would your employer/mentor do? How would reflect on them?
Final answer?
List the Seven C’s. Describe how two were reflected in your social change research project.
Consciousness of Self, Congruence, Commitment, Common Purpose, Collaboration, Controversy with Civility, Citizenship (8th – CHANGE)
Fill-in with two of the C’s
State something specific happening in the project and the connection to the identified C’s
Define values and ethics. Use personal examples to illustrate the differences/similarities between the two.
Values – the personal way we choose to live our lives by “choosing”, “prizing”, and “acting” on certain behaviors or “ideas, beliefs, and desires that shape our attitudes and motivate action”
Ethics – a system of moral principles, a branch of philosophy that guides how we act
Please use two (2) of the Seven C’s of the Social Change model to describe in detail how Michele Norris’ keynote speaks to the importance of leadership.
Consciousness of Self, Congruence, Commitment, Common Purpose, Collaboration, Controversy with Civility, Citizenship (8th – CHANGE)
The rest is on your own.
Briefly describe Tuckman’s stages of group development and how understanding these stages helps inform your interaction with groups or teams.
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjorning
Understanding one’s own role within the group
Leadership is not positional, can also be about effectiveness of the team, synergy/symphony (I would love it if someone came up with this!)
What role does developing a common purpose play in the social change process? Provide an example of when you’ve witnessed this.
An answer: Establishing a common purpose within a group creates a “shared responsibility toward collective aims, values, and vision. Needs and contributes to a high level of group trust involving all participants” which affects “the goal of the Social Change Model of Leadership (social change). Improving the status quo, creating a better world, and demonstrating a comfort with transition and ambiguity in the process of change.”
Describe key differences between dialogue and debate, and give examples of when each is more effective.
Dialogue – listening to an opposing side and seeing it as perspective rather than wrong or contradictory, talking to share insight and additional perspective, seeing multiple perspectives, working towards a common purpose
Debate – trying to win an argument; assumes one side is right and one is wrong; picks at the critical issues of the “opposing” view and finds fault
Examples could include working to solve a problem or change a social issue (dialogue) vs. wanting to win an argument or prove a point (debate)
In your own words, describe the Social Change Model of Leadership and how you can incorporate this model into your leadership style.
Getting to root causes to address a problem
Working in collaboration with others to change/correct/improve something
Understanding myself in relationship to my small group, in relationship to the larger community
What have you learned about your communities base on your experience with Bafá Bafá (Alpha/Beta activity). How is community created? What have you learned about community this semester?
Identity
Relationship to community
Impact of Community on Self & Self on Community
In reference to the Leadership Compass activity during the Fall Retreat, discuss how knowing the characteristics of your leadership style helps you work with others. Give at least one example.
North, South, East, West
Knowing differences can increase awareness on how to work together
Make sure there is a personal example
Discuss the concept of “Intent vs. Impact”. How can your awareness of this concept influence your communication with others? Give an example of how this concept can be applied.
Intent – the action person’s motivation or purpose for saying something or acting in such a way. The action person desires for the message to come across in a certain way.
Impact – the actual effect on the receiving person; could be similar to the intent, could be the opposite. The impact is based on a number of variables, including identities, experiences, lenses, etc.
Make sure there is a personal example.
From the book 35 Dumb Things Well-Intended People Say, discuss one of the “35 things” referenced and why it resonated with you. How will this inform how you communicate with others?
Make sure there is reference to one of the “35 things”
Could lead student to be more mindful of interactions; think before they speak; take into consideration others’ identities, lenses, experiences when communicating with them; etc.
From The Alchemist, identify 2-3 omens or dreams that exist in the novel and what impact they have on Santiago’s journey. In thinking about your own life, do you feel like you’ve had a dream or an omen somehow guide you as a part of your “journey”? How have you interpreted this “dream” or “omen” and how has it influenced your life?
Omens: tap into the “Language of Life”
Urim and Thummim dropping from pocket (first omen Santiago chose to consider)
The vision of hawks (assault on the Oasis)
The vision of the armies approaching (assault on the Oasis)
Theft (listen to where he needed to be at that time – crystal shop)
Etc…
Describe the difference between social change and status quo; give one example of each and describe why you have classified it as such.
Social Change: “The goal of the Social Change Model of Leadership. Improving the status quo, creating a better world, and demonstrating a comfort with transition and ambiguity in the process of change.”
Status Quo: “The existing state or condition” (dictionary.com)
Discuss the differences between Industrial Leadership Theories and Post-Industrial Leadership Theories and give an example of each.
Industrial Leadership Theories Great Man Trait Behavioral Postindustrial Leadership Theories Influence Servant Leadership Relational Multicultural Women’s Ways of Leading
For a value to be a “true value”, it must encompass three elements. Name and define the three elements of a true value and give an example of a true value using these three elements.
Values – the personal way we choose to live our lives by “choosing”, “prizing”, and “acting” on certain behaviors or “ideas, beliefs, and desires that shape our attitudes and motivate action”
“Choosing” – freely chosen
“Prizing” – willing to express it outwardly, commit to it in front of others
“Acting” – behaving in accordance with what you say; congruence
